Sumptuous, double, candyfloss-pink, early spring flowers with creamy-yellow centres, followed by silvery, seedheads retained throughout the summer. This clematis looks lovely scrambling through a strong tree or shrub. Ideal for a north-facing site, it's also known as the downy clematis since the new shoots are covered with down.

Garden care: No routine pruning is necessary. If the spread of the plant needs to be restricted prune immediately after flowering, cutting back overlong shoots to healthy buds. Apply a slow-release balanced fertiliser and a mulch of well-rotted garden compost around the base of the plant in early spring.

Lonicera × purpusii 'Winter Beauty'

winter honeysuckle

Viburnum × bodnantense 'Dawn'

viburnum

Fragrant, dark pink flowers

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3 litre pot
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My macropeta has had very few flowers or leaves on it and looks very straggly. It is two years old and bought from crocus. Can I cut it right back and start again with it? I have been feeding it. Thank you Lesley from Cardiff

Morning Clematis macropetala 'Markham's Pink is a Group1 Clematis so generally needs very little pruning. It is very difficult to say why your Clematis has only a few flowers or leaves, as this will be determined by a number of external factors such as the available water, light and nutrients as well as aspect and soil type. However, I think I would cut all the stems back almost to the base, just after it finishes flowering, then apply a general fertiliser, and mulch with a well-rotted garden compost around the base of the plant, and make sure it is watered in dry spells. Leave it for at least three years before pruning hard again. Hopefully this will encourage it to shoot from the base of the plant. Hope this helps

It is difficult not to get excited about this fabulous group of plants. Their big, bold, brightly coloured flowers, coupled with their versatile growth habits, make this one of the most popular plant groups of all time. There is no secret to their success

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Clematis Wilt is usually characterized by a complete collapse of either the entire plant, just one of the shoots, or just part of a shoot. The foliage will turn black and the veins take on a purple colour. Large-flowered cultivars are particularly suscept

There are different symptoms which point to honey fungus, some or all of them may be present at one time. Also, death can take years or be virtually instantaneous with plants being suddenly stopped in their tracks, half-opened leaves just frozen in time.

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The garden is at its most dormant right now, so it’s a good time to catch up on any pruning missed or forgotten since the autumn. If the weather isn’t favourable, you can leave it for a week or two, but make sure all winter pruning is completed before the

By late March the buds of spring-flowering clematis (like the macropetalas and alpinas) begin to swell up before they produce their flowers. These vary from wispy ballerina tutus to clean-cut ragged Peter Pan suits. The colours are mainly mid-blue and mau

Take advantage and do some early spring planting, but only on clement days. You can never have too many climbers and twiners, and now is the ideal time to get them in. They take up little ground space, so they’re perfect for smaller plots, and then they g